Forget Me Not Book Cover

by Nina Silver

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Forget Me Not Book Cover

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Nina Silver

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Photograph - Digital Photograph

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Although there may be up to 100 species in the genus only those native to the Northern hemisphere are commonly called Forget-me-nots. There are many lovely stories surrounding this plant. The following are some found on Wikipedia.
"In a German legend, God named all the plants when a tiny unnamed one cried out, "Forget-me-not, O Lord!" God replied, "That shall be your name."
Another legend tells when the Creator thought he had finished giving the flowers their colours, he heard one whisper "Forget me not!" There was nothing left but a very small amount of blue, but the forget-me-not was delighted to wear such a light blue shade.
Henry IV adopted the flower as his symbol during his exile in 1398, and retained the symbol upon his return to England the following year.
Prior to becoming the tenth province of Canada in 1949, Newfoundland (then a separate British Dominion) used the forget-me-not as a symbol of remembrance of that nation's war dead. This practice is still in limited use today, though Newfoundlanders have adopted the Flanders Poppy as well."
In Canada, The Alzheimer's Society has also used the selling of seeds of this flower as a fund raising initiative.

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